Yardball85

Haha. My parents don't like "Andy" either. Or "Drew." They would get upset when friends and teachers would call me either.

This. The infield is just terrible, aside from Iglesias (who won't be here when we have our next competitive team). And no depth whatsoever in the high minors, aside from Bannon, who might not be better than what they have.

I hope the Orioles do see a need to keep Phillips. Also, does the dislike have anything to do with the fact that you guys share a name? My name is Andrew, but I love Mark Andrews.

It's absurd to call him terrible. Has he lit the world on fire? No. 20 strikeouts in 14.3 innings this year. 3.14 ERA. Small sample size? Sure. But 2018 and 2019 were also small sample sizes, where he didn't pitch great in small periods of time. He has always had good K numbers, and had a 1.99 ERA in AAA in 2018. He's fine s a fifth or sixth reliever who can average over 1 strikeout an inning and hopefully, post a sub 4 ERA.

What akes you so confident Phillips is a dud? He's nothing incredibly special, but could be a solid middle reliever for the Orioles.

Yeah. Agreed. If only Sanchez's contract was as awful as Davis's is for us.

Yup. If this was a 1-0 game, I'd still say 85-90% we lose.

What? Cause Cobb is doing so well, that you are not surrendering the game by leaving him in>

Sigh. At least we get to face Gary Sanchez. This is probably how other teams feel about facing Davis.

Esh or Fullmer.

I still don't understand why they didn't call him up 1-2 weeks before so we could have avoided Dwight Smith's last week of badness.

I agree with that. I think a lot of the Hays hype is based on the 19 game stretch last year, the incredible minor league season he had in 2018, and our hopes that he becomes a stalwart here. It is surprising to see how poor his offensive numbers were, though. I felt like he played much better than a .519 OPS and a -0.2 WAR in general.

Look, if Santander could play center and open up RF for Diaz/Stewart, I would be all for it. I just think Hays is our best option in CF right now, no offense to Mullins.

I think Roch's blog yesterday indicated that Hays should be back next week. Mullins has been a very pleasant surprise this year, and will make a good fourth OF down the stretch with Hays back in CF IMO.

Great news. Hope he does well.

I find myself so much happier watching Orioles games knowing Davis won't be playing.

Andrew V.

Fair points, but I don't think the Brewers gave up on Lopez. They traded him and Brett Philips for Moustakas.

I think Tate and Armstrong are more on the probable side than the bubble side. Depending on performance the rest of the season and their offseasons, etc. But I have been impressed with Tate especially.

For Castro.

It's true. Murray is actually one of the best in the biz with breaking news.

Mets 12th prospect I think. Solid K numbers.

Mariners trade Walker to Toronto (I was in the camp that really wanted to sign him for this reason). Let's see what effect, if any, this has on Cobb's market.

I agree. I do hope the Orioles keep him. Just trying to get into Elias's head as to what he ay be thinking with other outfielders coming up the pipeline.

I agree. Though it is possible that his value may ever be higher. I say that hoping I am wrong, but he did not hit the cover off the ball in the minors, so as good as he has looked, this or even something close to this us probably not sustainable. In the end, he is probably a .775-.850 guy, which is very valuable, but I do wonder what it could get us now with him red hot.